{"id":9125,"date":"2017-07-19T10:52:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T05:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=9125"},"modified":"2017-07-19T10:52:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T05:22:55","slug":"mexico-city-parched-and-sinking-faces-a-water-crisis-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8b-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%80%e0%a4%96%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=9125","title":{"rendered":"Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis : \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0940\u0916\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0935\u0936\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0924\u093e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis : \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0940\u0916\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0935\u0936\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0924\u093e<\/p>\n<p>\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0915\u094d\u0938\u093f\u0915\u094b \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u0940\u0916 \u0932\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0935\u0936\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 . \u091c\u093f\u0938 \u0930\u095e\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0939\u092e \u092a\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u092e\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u092b \u092c\u095d \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0939\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0936\u0940\u0918\u094d\u0930 \u0905\u0924\u093f \u0936\u0940\u0918\u094d\u0930 \u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u0935\u094d\u00a0\u0939\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0923\u093e \u00a0\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u091f\u094d\u092f\u0942\u092c \u0935\u0947\u0932 \u0938\u0947 \u091a\u093e\u0935\u0932 \u0909\u0917\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u092c\u0928\u094d\u0927 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0928\u093e\u00a0 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0935\u094d \u0938\u092c \u092c\u095c\u0947 \u0936\u0939\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u092a\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0930\u094d\u0925 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u092b\u094d\u0932\u0936 \u0915\u094b \u092d\u0940 \u0939\u091f\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f . \u0938\u093e\u092c\u0941\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u0924\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0928 \u0921\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0901 \u091c\u094b \u092a\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u0939\u0930\u0940\u0932\u093e \u092c\u0928\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0902 .\u0907\u0938\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u092f\u092e\u0941\u0928\u093e \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0939\u0925\u093f\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u0941\u0902\u0926 \u092a\u0930 \u0930\u094b\u0915 \u0926\u0947\u0928\u093e \u0909\u091a\u093f\u0924 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948.<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u0941\u0932 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0940\u0916\u0928\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e .<\/p>\n<div id=\"page\" class=\"page\">\n<article id=\"story\" class=\"story theme-interactive theme-minimal\">\n<header class=\"story-header interactive-header\">\n<div class=\"story-meta\">\n<h1 class=\"story-heading interactive-headline\">Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis<\/h1>\n<div class=\"story-meta-footer interactive-meta-footer\">\n<div class=\"interactive-byline\">\n<p class=\"byline-dateline\"><span class=\"byline last-byline\"> By <a title=\"More Articles by Michael Kimmelman\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/michael-kimmelman\"><span class=\"byline-author\" data-byline-name=\"MICHAEL KIMMELMAN\" data-twitter-handle=\"kimmelman\">MICHAEL KIMMELMAN<\/span><\/a><\/span> <time class=\"dateline\" datetime=\"2017-02-17\">FEB. 17, 2017<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"interactive-leadin summary\"><span class=\"summary-text\">Climate change is threatening to push a crowded capital toward a breaking point.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"mexico-city-sinking\" class=\"interactive-graphic\"><!--\n\n======================================================\n\nTHIS IS A GENERATED TEMPLATE FILE. DO NOT EDIT.\n\n======================================================\n\n--> <!-- this is generated from src\/style.css --><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-cover\">\n<figure class=\"media-outerContainer media photo full_bleed\">\n<div class=\"media-innerContainer\">\n<div class=\"media lazy-media image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"g-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPAAAO3t7QAAACH\/C1hNUCBEYXRhWE1QAT8AIfkEBQAAAAAsAAAAAAEAAQAAAgJEAQA7\" alt=\"\" data-pattern=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2017\/01\/26\/world\/19MEXICOCITY1\/00MEXICOCITY1-{{size}}.jpg\" data-widths=\"[{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;master180&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:180},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;blog225&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:225},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;tmagSF&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:362},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;blog427&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:427},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;blog480&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:480},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;master495&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:495},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;blog533&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:533},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;tmagArticle&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:592},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;articleLarge&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:600},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:600},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;popup&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:650},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;master675&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:675},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;jumbo&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1024},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;master1050&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1050},{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;superJumbo&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2048}]\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.6666666666666666\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Decades of sprawl contributed to the city\u2019s predicament.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Josh Haner\/The New York Times<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-story-meta-footer\">\n<p class=\"interactive-leadin summary\"><span class=\"summary-text\">Climate change is threatening to push a crowded capital toward a breaking point.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"interactive-byline\">\n<p class=\"byline-dateline\"><span class=\"byline\">By <span class=\"byline-author\" data-byline-name=\"MICHAEL KIMMELMAN\">MICHAEL KIMMELMAN,<\/span> <span class=\"byline last-byline\">Photographs by <span class=\"byline-author\" data-byline-name=\"JOSH HANER\">JOSH HANER<\/span> <\/span> <time class=\"dateline\" datetime=\"2017-02-17\">FEB. 17, 2017<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-story-body\">\n<p class=\"paragraph\">MEXICO CITY \u2014 On bad days, you can smell the stench from a mile away, drifting over a nowhere sprawl of highways and office parks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">When the Grand Canal was completed, at the end of the 1800s, it was Mexico City\u2019s Brooklyn Bridge, a major feat of engineering and a symbol of civic pride: 29 miles long, with the ability to move tens of thousands of gallons of wastewater per second. It promised to solve the flooding and sewage problems that had plagued the city for centuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">Only it didn\u2019t, pretty much from the start. The canal was based on gravity. And Mexico City, a mile and a half above sea level, was sinking, collapsing in on itself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-maps-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"g-maps-desktop\">\n<p class=\"paragraph\">It still is, faster and faster, and the canal is just one victim of what has become a vicious cycle. Always short of water, Mexico City keeps drilling deeper for more, weakening the ancient clay lake beds on which the Aztecs first built much of the city, causing it to crumble even further.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-picture-book\">\n<div class=\"g-bg-wrap\">\n<div class=\"g-picture-book__bg\">\n<div class=\"g-map-shell map-sediments\">\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-box\" class=\"ai2html\"><!-- Generated by ai2html v0.61 - 2017-02-16 - 17:17 --> <!-- ai file: map-sediments --> <!-- preview: 2017-01-25-mxclimate --> <!-- scoop  : climate-series-email --><!-- Artboard: big --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-big\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"1300\">\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-big-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai0-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-sediments-big.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.5143\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-1\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">MOUNT<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">TLALOC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Extent of underlying<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">ancient lake sediments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">SIERRA DE<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">GUADALUPE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">CITY<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">CENTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-7\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: 1200 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-1200\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"945\" data-max-width=\"1299\">\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-1200-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai1-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-sediments-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-sediments-1200.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.75\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-1\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-2\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Extent of underlying<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">ancient lake sediments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-3\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">SIERRA DE<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">GUADALUPE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-4\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">CITY<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">CENTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-5\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-6\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: small --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-small\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"180\" data-max-width=\"499\">\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-small-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai2-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-sediments-small.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-1\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Extent of underlying<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">ancient lake sediments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-2\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-3\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-4\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: 720 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-720\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" data-max-width=\"944\">\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-720-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai3-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-sediments-720.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.675\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-1\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-2\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Extent of underlying<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">ancient lake sediments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-3\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-4\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ai2html - 2017-02-16 - 17:17 --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-map-shell map-subsidence\">\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-box\" class=\"ai2html\"><!-- Generated by ai2html v0.61 - 2017-02-16 - 16:13 --> <!-- ai file: map-subsidence --> <!-- preview: 2017-01-25-mxclimate --> <!-- scoop  : climate-series-email --><!-- Artboard: big --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-big\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"1300\">\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-big-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai0-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-subsidence-big.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.5143\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-1\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">MOUNT<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">TLALOC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Colored areas show how quickly the ground<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">sank from October 2014 to May 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">5 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">SIERRA DE<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">GUADALUPE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-7\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">7 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-8\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">SANK AT A RATE OF<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">9 INCHES PER YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-9\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">IZTAPALAPA<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">NEIGHBORHOOD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-10\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">CITY<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">CENTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-11\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-12\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-13\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: 1200 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-1200\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"945\" data-max-width=\"1299\">\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-1200-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai1-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-subsidence-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-subsidence-1200.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.75\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-1\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Colored areas show how quickly the ground<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">sank from October 2014 to May 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-2\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-3\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-4\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">5 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-5\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">SIERRA DE<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">GUADALUPE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-6\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">7 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-7\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">SANK AT A RATE OF<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">9 INCHES PER YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-8\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">IZTAPALAPA<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">NEIGHBORHOOD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-9\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">CITY<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">CENTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-10\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-11\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-12\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: 720 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-720\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" data-max-width=\"944\">\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-720-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai2-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-subsidence-720.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.675\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-1\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Colored areas show how quickly the ground<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">sank from October 2014 to May 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-2\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-3\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">5 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-4\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-5\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">7 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-6\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">SANK AT A RATE OF<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">9 INCHES PER YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-7\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-8\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-9\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: small --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-small\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"180\" data-max-width=\"499\">\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-small-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai3-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-subsidence-small.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-1\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Colored areas show how quickly the ground sank from October 2014 to May 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-2\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">5 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-3\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">SANK AT A RATE OF<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">9 INCHES PER YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-4\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-5\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-6\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ai2html - 2017-02-16 - 16:13 --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"g-picture-book__page paragraph\" data-map=\"sediments\">\n<p class=\"g-picture-book__page paragraph\" data-map=\"subsidence\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Source: Subsidence rate data from Dr. Andy Sowter at Geomatic Ventures Limited.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">It is a cycle made worse by climate change. More heat and drought mean more evaporation and yet more demand for water, adding pressure to tap distant reservoirs at staggering costs or further drain underground aquifers and hasten the city\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-maps-mobile\">\n<p class=\"g-picture-book__page paragraph\" data-map=\"sediments\">It still is, faster and faster, and the canal is just one victim of what has become a vicious cycle. Always short of water, Mexico City keeps drilling deeper for more, weakening the ancient clay lake beds on which the Aztecs first built much of the city, causing it to crumble even further.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-map-mobile-shell map-sediments\">\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-box\" class=\"ai2html\"><!-- Generated by ai2html v0.61 - 2017-02-16 - 17:17 --> <!-- ai file: map-sediments --> <!-- preview: 2017-01-25-mxclimate --> <!-- scoop  : climate-series-email --><!-- Artboard: big --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-big\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"1300\">\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-big-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai0-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-sediments-big.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.5143\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-1\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">MOUNT<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">TLALOC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Extent of underlying<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">ancient lake sediments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">SIERRA DE<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">GUADALUPE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">CITY<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">CENTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-7\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: 1200 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-1200\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"945\" data-max-width=\"1299\">\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-1200-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai1-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-sediments-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-sediments-1200.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.75\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-1\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-2\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Extent of underlying<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">ancient lake sediments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-3\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">SIERRA DE<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">GUADALUPE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-4\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">CITY<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">CENTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-5\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-6\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: small --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-small\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"180\" data-max-width=\"499\">\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-small-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai2-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-sediments-small.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-1\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Extent of underlying<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">ancient lake sediments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-2\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-3\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-4\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: 720 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-720\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" data-max-width=\"944\">\n<div id=\"g-map-sediments-720-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai3-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-sediments-720.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.675\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-1\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-2\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Extent of underlying<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">ancient lake sediments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-3\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-4\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ai2html - 2017-02-16 - 17:17 --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"g-picture-book__page paragraph\" data-map=\"subsidence\">It is a cycle made worse by climate change. More heat and drought mean more evaporation and yet more demand for water, adding pressure to tap distant reservoirs at staggering costs or further drain underground aquifers and hasten the city\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-map-mobile-shell map-subsidence\">\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-box\" class=\"ai2html\"><!-- Generated by ai2html v0.61 - 2017-02-16 - 16:13 --> <!-- ai file: map-subsidence --> <!-- preview: 2017-01-25-mxclimate --> <!-- scoop  : climate-series-email --><!-- Artboard: big --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-big\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"1300\">\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-big-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai0-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-subsidence-big.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.5143\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-1\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">MOUNT<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">TLALOC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Colored areas show how quickly the ground<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">sank from October 2014 to May 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">5 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">SIERRA DE<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">GUADALUPE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-7\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">7 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-8\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">SANK AT A RATE OF<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">9 INCHES PER YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-9\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">IZTAPALAPA<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">NEIGHBORHOOD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-10\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">CITY<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">CENTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-11\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-12\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle8\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-13\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: 1200 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-1200\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"945\" data-max-width=\"1299\">\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-1200-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai1-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-subsidence-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-subsidence-1200.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.75\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-1\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Colored areas show how quickly the ground<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">sank from October 2014 to May 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-2\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-3\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-4\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">5 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-5\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">SIERRA DE<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">GUADALUPE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-6\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">7 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-7\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">SANK AT A RATE OF<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">9 INCHES PER YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-8\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">IZTAPALAPA<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">NEIGHBORHOOD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-9\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">CITY<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">CENTER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-10\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle6\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-11\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle7\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-12\" class=\"g-big g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: 720 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-720\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"500\" data-max-width=\"944\">\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-720-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai2-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-subsidence-720.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"0.675\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-1\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Colored areas show how quickly the ground<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">sank from October 2014 to May 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-2\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-3\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">5 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-4\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-5\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">7 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-6\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">SANK AT A RATE OF<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">9 INCHES PER YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-7\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-8\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle5\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-9\" class=\"g-med g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Missing<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">data<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Artboard: small --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-small\" class=\"g-artboard g-artboard-v3 \" data-min-width=\"180\" data-max-width=\"499\">\n<div id=\"g-map-subsidence-small-graphic\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ai3-0\" class=\"g-aiImg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2017\/01\/25\/mxclimate\/c6eefd38a60a485117bdafb009b2ded8e086d8d9\/map-subsidence-small.jpg\" data-height-multiplier=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-1\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle0\">Colored areas show how quickly the ground sank from October 2014 to May 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-2\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">5 INCHES\/YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-3\" class=\"g-sinklabel g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">SANK AT A RATE OF<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle1\">9 INCHES PER YEAR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-4\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Grand<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle2\">Canal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-5\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">National<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle3\">Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-6\" class=\"g-mobile g-aiAbs\">\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">MEXICO<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-aiPstyle4\">CITY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ai2html - 2017-02-16 - 16:13 --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Source: Subsidence rate data from Dr. Andy Sowter at Geomatic Ventures Limited.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">In the immense neighborhood of Iztapalapa \u2014 where nearly two million people live, many of them unable to count on water from their taps \u2014 a teenager was swallowed up where a crack in the brittle ground split open a street. Sidewalks resemble broken china, and 15 elementary schools have crumbled or caved in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">Much is being written about <a class=\"meta-classifier\" title=\"Recent and archival news about global warming.\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/news\/science\/topics\/globalwarming\/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier\">climate change<\/a> and the impact of rising seas on waterfront populations. But coasts are not the only places affected. Mexico City \u2014 high in the mountains, in the center of the country \u2014 is a glaring example. The world has a lot invested in crowded capitals like this one, with vast numbers of people, huge economies and the stability of a hemisphere at risk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-interactive\">\n<div id=\"ClimatePromo\">\n<div class=\"ClimatePromoWrap\">\n<h1>Changing Climate, Changing Cities<\/h1>\n<p>How climate change is challenging the world\u2019s urban centers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ClimatePromoReferWrap\">\n<div class=\"ClimatePromoReferInner\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/02\/17\/world\/americas\/mexico-city-sinking.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2017\/01\/26\/world\/19MEXICOCITY1\/19MEXICOCITY1-mediumThreeByTwo378-v5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Mexico City<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/02\/17\/world\/americas\/mexico-city-sinking.html\"><i>Part 1<\/i> <\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/04\/07\/world\/asia\/climate-change-china.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2017\/04\/09\/world\/09CHINAKIMMELMAN1-copy\/09CHINAKIMMELMAN1-copy-mediumThreeByTwo378-v3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>China<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/04\/07\/world\/asia\/climate-change-china.html\"><i>Part 2<\/i> <\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/06\/15\/world\/europe\/climate-change-rotterdam.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2017\/05\/18\/world\/00ROTTERDAM22\/00ROTTERDAM22-mediumThreeByTwo378.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Rotterdam<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/06\/15\/world\/europe\/climate-change-rotterdam.html\"><i>Part 3<\/i> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"credit\">Graphics by Derek Watkins and Jeremy White. Design by Matt Ruby and Rumsey Taylor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">One study predicts that 10 percent of Mexicans ages 15 to 65 could eventually try to emigrate north as a result of rising temperatures, drought and floods, potentially scattering millions of people and heightening already extreme political tensions over immigration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">The effects of climate change are varied and opportunistic, but one thing is consistent: They are like sparks in the tinder. They expose cities\u2019 biggest vulnerabilities, inflaming troubles that politicians and city planners often ignore or try to paper over. And they spread outward, defying borders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">That\u2019s what this series is about \u2014 how global cities tackle climate threats, or fail to. Around the world, extreme weather and water scarcity are accelerating repression, regional conflicts and violence. A Columbia University report found that where rainfall declines, \u201cthe risk of a low-level conflict escalating to a full-scale civil war approximately doubles the following year.\u201d The Pentagon\u2019s term for climate change is \u201cthreat multiplier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">And nowhere does this apply more obviously than in cities. This is the first urban century in human history, the first time more people live in cities than don\u2019t, with predictions that three-quarters of the global population will be urban by 2050. By that time, according to another study, there may be more than 700 million climate refugees on the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">For many cities around the world, adapting to climate change is a route to long-term prosperity. That\u2019s the good news, where societies are willing to listen. But adaptation can also be costly and slow. It can run counter to the rhythms of political campaigns and headlong into powerful, entrenched interests, confounding business as usual. This is, in effect, what happened in New Orleans, which ignored countless warning signs, destroyed natural protections, gave developers a free pass and failed to reinforce levees before <a class=\"meta-classifier\" title=\"More articles about Hurricane Katrina.\" href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/subjects\/h\/hurricane_katrina\/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier\">Hurricane Katrina<\/a> left much of the city in ruins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">Unlike traffic jams or crime, climate change isn\u2019t something most people easily feel or see. It is certainly not what residents in Mexico City talk about every day. But it is like an approaching storm, straining an already precarious social fabric and threatening to push a great city toward a breaking point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">As Arnoldo Kramer, Mexico City\u2019s chief resilience officer, put it: \u201cClimate change has become the biggest long-term threat to this city\u2019s future. And that\u2019s because it is linked to water, health, air pollution, traffic disruption from floods, housing vulnerability to landslides \u2014 which means we can\u2019t begin to address any of the city\u2019s real problems without facing the climate issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">There\u2019s much more at stake than this city\u2019s well being. At the extreme, if climate change wreaks havoc on the social and economic fabric of global linchpins like Mexico City, warns the writer Christian Parenti, \u201cno amount of walls, guns, barbed wire, armed aerial drones or permanently deployed mercenaries will be able to save one half of the planet from the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">continue reading<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/02\/17\/world\/americas\/mexico-city-sinking.html<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis : \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0940\u0916\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0906\u0935\u0936\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0924\u093e&#8230; <a class=\"meta-more\" href=\"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=9125\">more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9127,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9125\/revisions\/9127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}